Eureka, Michigan
Unincorporated community in Clinton County · Not an incorporated municipality
About Eureka
Eureka is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Clinton County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population of the CDP was 233 at the 2020 census. The community is located within Greenbush Township.
As an unincorporated community, Eureka has no legal autonomy of its own, but does have its own post office with the 48833 ZIP Code.
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How Eureka is governed
Eureka appears to be an unincorporated community or a census-designated place, so it may have no city government of its own — services usually come from Clinton County and its elected officials. The chart below is a generic template; readers can correct it if Eureka does have local officials.
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Residents of Eureka
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City Clerk
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History
The area was first settled in 1836 by John Ferdon. The new settlement was first known as Williamsport after early settler Clark Williams. The community was soon known as Barrington for another settler J. A. Barrington. Again, the community's name was known as Swizzletown. The community received its first post office under the name Greenbush on January 29, 1844, which was named after the township. On May 9, 1867, the post office and community were renamed Eureka, which was the name given by Edward Stark using the word eureka "as a place where he had found and others would find a fine place for doing business."
The post office was discontinued on June 29, 1935. It was ultimately reestablished on September 6, 1949. The post office remains in operation and is located at 7907 North Welling Road in the center of the community.
The Eureka Cemetery is located on Hyde Road just south of the center of the community. The cemetery remains active, and its oldest gravesite dates back to 1839.
For the 2020 census, Eureka was included as a newly listed census-designated place, which is included for statistical purposes only. Eureka continues to remain an unincorporated community with no legal autonomy of its own.
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